A 21st-century oil boom in the Lone Star State

August 2, 2015

Tamir Kalifa/For the Texas Tribune

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Casings are lined up to be loaded into the well in preparation for the hydraulic fracturing process at a Chesapeake Energy drill site in Dimmit County in the Eagle Ford Shale. The Texas Tribune (Galbraith: Drilling). Credit: Tamir Kalifa for The Texas Tribune.

Casings are lined up to be loaded into the well in preparation for the hydraulic fracturing process at a Chesapeake Energy drill site in Dimmit County in the Eagle Ford Shale. The Texas Tribune (Galbraith: Drilling). Credit: Tamir Kalifa for The Texas Tribune.